Second reading of the draft law on the 2025 state budget (513 SE)
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
Date: 2024-11-13 21:32
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 324
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 6h 4m
AI Summaries: 324/324 Speeches (100.0%)
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Summary
The following agenda item concerned the discussion of the draft State Budget Act for 2025, initiated by the Republic of Estonia’s Government, during the Riigikogu’s second reading. The presenter was the Chair of the Finance Committee, Annely Akkermann, whose speech covered the technical and political content of the budget: the volume of revenues and expenditures, investments, tax burden, and priorities such as defense and internal security, the transition to Estonian-language education, and increasing competitiveness. The budget includes a significant amount of foreign funding (1.7 billion in foreign funds) as well as the state’s borrowing mandates (0.7 billion), while also highlighting the growing proportion of defense spending (9.3% of GDP) and the financing of state security programs. Changes to the accompanying program documents were also discussed; 59 amendment proposals were received, and the committee noted that the majority of these were correct and transparently drafted, except for a few specific limitations (e.g., eliminating the cost of Rail Baltic is not possible due to constitutional provisions). The speeches included topics such as local government funding, the creeping status of IT investments, and the transparency of the budget and clarity of messaging. Finally, the next steps in the draft’s procedure were decided, and a timeframe was established: the deadline for the end of the second reading and the deadline for amendment proposals on November 27th at 5:15 PM, and the conclusion of the second reading and a deadline on November 28th at 5:15 PM.
Decisions Made 3
The Finance Committee decided to put the bill on the agenda for the plenary session today and to conclude its second reading.
The deadline for submitting amendments was confirmed: November 27th at 5:15 PM.
The second reading was completed; the deadline for submitting amendments is November 28th at 5:15 PM.
Most Active Speaker
The most active participant in this agenda was Annely Akkermann (pid 7G-qI3x8AbY), the coordinating party representing the coalition and the Reform Party; she is described as being right-wing (coalition membership).
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Today's ninth agenda item concerns the Government-initiated draft of the 2025 State Budget Act, No. 513, in its second reading, with the presenter being Annely Akkermann, chair of the Riigikogu's Finance Committee.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann welcomes you this evening and notes that questions are already coming.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar checks whether the presenter can be heard, and if so, invites Annely Akkermann to present.
Annely Akkermann
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They think they've probably left their memo by the bench and will have to go back there.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair, Lauri Hussar, offered extra time if needed, announced that the presentation would last up to 20 minutes, and invited Annely Akkermann to speak.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that in the second reading of the 2025 state budget bill, the total revenue is planned at 17.7 billion euros, the total expenditures at 18.2 billion euros, and the total investments at 0.9 billion euros, the tax burden as a share of GDP at 35.8%, and the main priorities are defense, internal security, and the promotion of Estonian-language education; at the same time more than 50 amendments are being discussed, and the following procedural steps and deadlines will be set.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair, Lauri Hussar, informed everyone about the exact duration of the 20-minute presentation, thanked the presenter, and announced the following question-and-answer session, the first question of which was asked by colleague Lauri Laats.
Lauri Laats
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Lauri Laats stated that next year's budget will take from people and businesses a billion in additional taxes and tax increases, even though the state promises investments and EU funds and loans, and a simple calculation shows that in fact more is taken back than is given, and he asked to name three things: who this budget is intended for and for what purpose, and whose life will be better next year.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann emphasizes three key messages: national defense and security (national defense, the implementation of NATO plans and the defense industry), economic growth and competitiveness (programs for large enterprises, large-scale renewable energy production, a low tax burden) and social expenditures (pensions, child benefits, allocations to the Health Insurance Fund); and that money from foreign funds and loans should be used in the economy, and tax collection is not important, but the money must reach the people.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Tõnis Lukas to speak.
Tõnis Lukas
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Tõnis Lukas thanked the chair and the presenter and noted that although several amendment proposals were adopted and funded, his two proposals were left unconsidered, and they concern the funding needed for the Estonian Book Year and its 500th anniversary; he asked why they were not taken into account and where to read the texts of his proposals or whether they are being presented here now.
Annely Akkermann
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He said that the proposal is very good and deserves financial support, but unfortunately there is no money at the moment.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Arvo Aller is invited to perform.
Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller stresses that money does not disappear from the world but is put in the right place, highlighting the impact of the car tax on support for people with disabilities, and asks about the 70,000-euro additional grant planned due to the Ministry of Culture's 2025 land tax increase, and asks whether other ministries will have the same change and when.
Annely Akkermann
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Because of the amendment proposals submitted by the Ministry of Culture, the budget of cultural institutions will be increased by the amount of land tax costs, although other ministries may have tighter budgets or the possibility to reallocate their expenditures.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Speaker Lauri Hussar called on Vadim Belobrovtsev to speak.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
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Belobrovtsev asked whether the budget would not raise civil servants' salaries and whether their salaries would remain at the same level, including the salaries of teachers, police officers, firefighters, and cultural workers, and whether the Centre Party faction's amendment would have improved the situation, which the committee did not support.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann states that in the Estonian public sector there are large groups of wage earners, and raising salaries would have been economically sensible, but cuts are being made by reducing payroll costs, and at present there is a constant search for places to cut.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech was a plea to invite Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart onto the stage.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart asks whether the economy and the ability of families to make ends meet will improve next year, referring to the rise in taxes and to data from the Estonian Conjuncture Institute, and asks whether they believe Jürgen Ligi's and Prime Minister Michal's promises.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann notes that starting from the new year a 4–5% wage growth is expected, which should cover tax increases, the economy is growing and job opportunities are expanding, but for families, housing loans and the Euribor are a burden, and energy costs have fallen significantly during the crisis, and she emphasizes the importance of security and notes the public’s expectation that tax collection would be for defense and for purchasing weapons.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Jaanus Karilaidi to perform.
Jaanus Karilaid
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Jaanus Karilaid asks what is the current positive message for remote-area municipalities, for the foundations of our society, and for the infrastructure coalition, as the equalization fund and funding for non-formal education decrease and administrative costs rise in the context of an economic downturn, and how to ensure road maintenance and the development of infrastructure.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann affirms that Estonia's roads are good, and local governments' revenues are growing due to the expansion of the land tax, a portion of the income tax, and additional funds directed to sparsely populated border areas through the Robin Hood Law, and the money and life are still where people live, for example in Pärnu County.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech is simply a plea to invite Andres Metsoja.
Andres Metsoja
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According to the speaker, entrepreneurs say that criticism of the government's austerity policy cannot be tolerated, recalling the year 2010 in Pärnu, when, due to a lack of money, expenses had to be cut and that was done, and asking why the same serious issue of cutbacks is not being addressed at the national level today.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that she has led the Kihnu municipality and the city of Pärnu, and in both places implemented performance-based budgeting, and in Pärnu very large cuts were carried out: from 640 million kroons to 550 million, a 10% cut, the 13th salary was scrapped, and about 10% of higher-paid employees were laid off — which was a very painful experience and which she does not want to repeat.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, describes the time as hard, but very beautiful, and he turns to Helir-Valdor Seeder, begging him.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
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Isamaa submitted eight separate amendments, which could be called an alternative budget, but removing them during the proceedings is illegal under the Home and Work Order Act, and at the same time I asked whether the subsidy for bus transport next year will increase or decrease, and by how much and on which line, so that Piret Hartman could also know.
Annely Akkermann
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The report notes that the third reading is forthcoming, and Piret Hartman still has to clarify the bus issue, no alternative budget was submitted, and regarding the illegality issue reference is made to the Constitutional Review Collegium's court ruling, according to which a member of the Riigikogu does not have to challenge in court the restriction of amendments, and the committee must ensure that the opposition and other amendments reach the chamber, but your amendments were not present.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi said that Heliri's appeal to appoint Annely as minister was heartwarming, and he would take it as a recognition.
Lauri Laats
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Lauri Laats criticized the budget for next year, highlighted the large share of consumption taxes and their negative impact on people’s ability to make ends meet, and asked whether the budget is even meant for people and how ordinary people should cope with tax increases.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that the pension increase directly supports the ability of older people to cope, wage growth is linked to economic growth, and at the same time social benefits and funding for local governments are increasing.
Rain Epler
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Rain Epler emphasized that the number of public relations departments at all ministries and their subordinate institutions should be cut, and that the freed resources should be directed toward improving the state budget position, while asking why the commission is ignoring this proposal and why the government spends large sums to present the facts in black and white.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, asks Rain Epler to take the floor.
Annely Akkermann
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Those were good amendment proposals; although the government does not support them at the moment, it is clear that the opposition raises issues, and a little while later those ideas were implemented, and I honestly, from the bottom of my heart, acknowledged that they had sensible proposals.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speaker asks that Arvo Aller come onto the stage.
Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller said that the amendment proposals were very substantive and justified, and it was shown exactly where money would be cut and added, and he asked when any opposition proposal would finally be taken into account in the budget and implemented.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann recalls the year 2013, when, while the opposition proposed amendments, endless trouble arose, because the coalition decided to vote in favor of 3,000 euros for the purchase of a stove for a school in Southern Estonia, which the school did not want, and the money remained unused, leaving a trace on the amendment proposals.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvarti onto the stage.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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He criticizes that the state covers the budget deficit, but at the same time postpones important IT and artificial intelligence investments in the public sector and asks why investments are not being made in these areas.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that although funding is allocated to the IT sector, it may not be enough, because IT is developing so quickly that there is never enough money.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Vadim Belobrovtsev, please.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
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This year, the Centre Party faction submitted 16 concrete amendment proposals, but the committee voted them all down with the coalition's votes, and the speaker asks whether none of them deserved support after all, emphasizing that spending cuts are not the only priority and recalling that in the capital there has been a tradition of supporting some of the amendments proposed by the opposition.
Annely Akkermann
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I think this practice is worth considering here in this house as well, and those amendment proposals were really well done.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This is just a prayer to invite Kert Kingo.
Kert Kingo
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Kert Kingo notes that the Estonian Social Insurance Board organizes an accommodation center service for international protection applicants and beneficiaries, which supports their own independent coping, well-being and safety in the community, as well as those of other immigrants with adaptation difficulties, and at the same time he asks for comments and concrete figures about these restrictions and taxes.
Annely Akkermann
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They emphasize that it is necessary to hire enough foreign specialists, and that the costs of hosting and integrating Ukrainian war refugees are largely covered by their work, because most of them work and pay taxes, and when an adult, fully trained specialist arrives, they immediately cover the state's education costs.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech was merely a plea: "Anti Allas, please!"
Anti Allas
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Anti Allas asks whether cuts to the state and the public sector are inevitable, because services are becoming more expensive, and even if next year an attempt is made to provide the same volume of services with the same amount of money, cuts still have to be made.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann stresses that in order to move forward one must not stand still, because inflation and rising input costs are cutting services and this is the Estonian economy's most pressing problem, which burdens older people the most, although wages for young people are rising and exports are showing growth.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech referred to Rain Epler's second question.
Rain Epler
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Rain Epler criticizes bureaucracy and the Climate Ministry's 16.5 million euro expenditure on grassland reform and on assessing the environmental footprint, and asks why these activities are necessary when one could focus on real cuts and efficiency.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that the minister's budget explanations were too vague, and that from the Ministry of Finance more detailed and concrete intentions are expected, especially with regard to environmental awareness and the 16 million euros.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Varro Vooglaid to speak.
Varro Vooglaid
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Varro Vooglaid criticizes the draft bill that would remove health insurance from stay-at-home mothers and by which it is hoped to save about two million euros by 2025, while at the same time aiming to reduce expenses from the budget of the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment program by 2.89 million euros, and asks why the Commission is blocking this draft bill and why funding for ideological propaganda work is not touched, when the problems related to childbirth are already large in Estonia.
Annely Akkermann
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These gender equality issues exist and need to be addressed, and no problem is bigger than another, because the topic encompasses both working while looking after children and rest breaks intended for mothers, as well as financial allocations, which are the different facets of one topic.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Andres Metsoja to speak.
Andres Metsoja
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Metsoja emphasizes that, due to nature conservation restrictions, municipalities lose revenue from land tax, and compensation should be fair and timely, but there is no money for it, which is incomprehensible, and he asks how to correctly value it.
Annely Akkermann
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They stressed that government borrowing for expenditures is a serious topic, for which about 700 million is needed and there is actually no surplus, and this evergreen topic has consistently been on the agenda through several coalitions, both in opposition and in government.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Riina Solman.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman criticizes that from 2025 onward, pensioners who receive round-the-clock care will have the benefit for a pensioner living alone taken away from them, which is the most vulnerable target group, and although the budgetary impact is small, this amounts to breaking promises.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Deputy Chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanks.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman believes that aid for the elderly could come at the expense of dealing with gender self-determination.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This speech is simply an expression of gratitude.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman asks to state her position and to comment on whether this cut was really necessary.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann claims that the payments of support to pensioners living alone were discontinued for those who live in state-supported nursing homes, and through the care reform, tens of millions of euros in funding are directed to their care.
Kert Kingo
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Kert Kingo calls for significant funding for the gender equality and equal treatment program, highlights the gender distribution of the Office of the Commissioner for Equal Treatment, and asks whether special measures for people based on orientation and the creation of a privileged position actually lead to genuine equal treatment.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Kert Kingo to speak.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann stressed that certain target groups have been deeply stigmatized throughout history and criminalized during the Soviet era, and these attitudes still exist, and in order to break them down there is a need for awareness campaigns and for the understanding that they are members of society and equal.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Varro Vooglaid to speak.
Varro Vooglaid
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Varro Vooglaid criticizes the plan to leave 2.8 million euros unfunded for the program promoting equal opportunities and equality, and asks what Estonian society would really lose if that money is not spent, while describing the program's content, which includes four services, and calling the proposal complete nonsense.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann emphasizes that in Estonia there are still various forms of discrimination — based on age, gender, disability, skin color, and cultural background — and that society's attitudes must change.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi invites Priit Sibul onto the stage.
Priit Sibul
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Priit Sibul asked how much more will be added to the state budget for national defence because of the economic downturn and the 0.25% support going to Ukraine, and how the proposal for an additional 1.6 billion euros in funding for the Defence Forces' chiefs has progressed.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that since 2023 defence expenditures have increased according to NATO rules – initially 2% of GDP, in 2023 3%, in 2024 over 3%, and in 2025 also over 3% – and each percentage point costs about 400 million, which is why before the introduction of the security tax 1.2 billion more has been spent than the NATO treaty provides; in addition there are defence expenditures that do not fit NATO methodology, such as aid to Ukraine and accepting refugees, and 1.6 billion will be collected through an additional security tax, which is being discussed in the grand hall; next year this will be 60–70 million, because the VAT increase will take effect from mid-year, and in three consecutive years about 750–770 million will be collected.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chair, Toomas Kivimägi, asks Riina Solman to take the floor.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman spoke about the 2025 state budget, emphasizing the impact of inflation and the rise in prices for services, the need to upgrade IT systems, and the lag in civil servants' salaries, and asked whether there have been cuts in the administration and how investments will ensure a dignified representation of the state.
Annely Akkermann
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For the next year, the Finance Committee allocated the budget so that all constitutional institutions received funding for their requests; the Riigikogu Chancellery received exactly as much as it asked for; but the Supreme Court's training and judiciary reform funds were left unfunded due to the lack of an agreement, and changes to state fees are still under discussion, which the Finance Committee is monitoring.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Deputy Chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Martin Helmet to speak.
Martin Helme
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Martin Helme claims that this budget will bring tax increases and a worsening economic situation, while pensions and wages are rising because of inflation, and he points to notable price increases (for example food and electricity) and rhetorically asks who actually has had a pension or salary rise so much in the last three years.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann claims that during EKRE's tenure a universal price for electricity was introduced (15 cents plus VAT, a total of 19 cents), and the current price per kilowatt-hour is almost half as high; last year's average was 9 cents, wages have risen by about 30% during the Reform Party government, and inflation does not please her.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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At the start of the speech, Helle-Moonika Helme was invited onto the stage.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helle-Moonika Helme emphasizes that the discussion should take place in the context of the state budget and funding, notes that families and mothers may be left without funding, and that support for LGBT rights advocacy organizations may decrease in the future due to changes in the attitudes of a major ally, although the state budget does not deal with shaping attitudes.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that in the budget it was decided not to reduce spending, and she mentioned EKRE's proposal to reduce the gender equality and equal treatment program.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi notes a pleasant emotion in the hall and asks Martin Helme to take the floor.
Martin Helme
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Martin Helme recalls that electricity cost during the EKRE government's tenure, and reminds everyone of the situation at that time.
Annely Akkermann
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In the speech, they talk only about four cents.
Martin Helme
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Martin Helme claims that since the 2019 coup and the Reform Party's rise to power, inflation and the cost of living have risen significantly in Estonia, and the growth of wages and pensions has not compensated for this, and this budget is unpredictable, because the next government could reverse everything later.
Annely Akkermann
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Akkermann stressed that the comparison of inflation and wage growth must start from the same year, and that external influences were considerably larger for Estonia: an energy crisis, COVID‑19, a war a thousand kilometres away, and sanctions that left Estonia without several supply chains.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi has now invited Kalle Grünthal to speak.
Kalle Grünthal
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Kalle Grünthal asks, in principle, why a state budget bill that does not comply with the law or the constitution is brought forward for consideration, and why it is allowed to break the law, but not in the case of amendment proposals, referring to criticism from the State Audit Office and the Chancellor of Justice.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann affirms that the state budget complies with the law, the remarks of the Chancellor of Justice and the State Auditor have been taken seriously, amendments have been made for the next reading, and the parties’ proposals have been taken into account, and it is planned to make the 2026 budget picture even more transparent, and all critics will be involved.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Mart Helmet to take the floor.
Mart Helme
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Mart Helme accuses the government of constant excuses regarding the disappearance of war, COVID and export markets, and states that this is the result of bad decisions and corruption, and that the current budget is a budget of foolishness and corruption, while at the same time asking whether they will not finally be held responsible for making the people poor.
Annely Akkermann
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That Estonia's life is currently so good that even the chair of the Finnish Finance Committee said that we are doing well, but in the speech there remains a misunderstanding as to why Lithuania is being presented as an example and why the national defense tax is being discussed.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asked Kalle Grünthali to speak.
Kalle Grünthal
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Grünthal claims that the state budget procedure is illegal because the numbers are missing, before the second reading amendments may not be submitted, and the numbers will be published only for the third reading, which he regards as a Potemkin village presentation before the Riigikogu.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that the numbers in the budget annex are public and there is an explanatory note, and she is trying to improve the activity-based budget that had already been implemented, which critics criticize about her.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi asks Helir-Valdor Seeder.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
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Helir-Valdor Seeder pointed out that the economy in Estonia has contracted for three years and that we are the European Union's red lantern, but our neighbors envy us, and he asked who drafted this budget and brought it forward, why the eight proposed amendments submitted were left aside and whether they will be put to a vote, referring to the criticisms of Jürgen Ligi and Sõerd.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann claims that the EKREIKE government developed a budget form whose preparations ended in 2019, and it is "the form you developed."
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Annely spoke about the format, and it was requested that Urmas Reinsalu take the floor.
Urmas Reinsalu
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Urmas Reinsalu criticizes the budget presented by Helme as burdensome, notes that inflation continues to rise and economic growth will decline, and he presents an alternative budget to reduce inflation and grow the economy, asking how much, according to this option, the purchasing power of the Estonian people would decrease among the groups of working people and elderly people.
Annely Akkermann
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Annely Akkermann said that the alternative budget presented by Isamaa is not a real alternative budget, but a piece of political satire, which cannot be treated in Estonia's legal framework as a budget or amendment proposal, and it should instead be submitted to an alternative parliament in some other country.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Helle-Moonika Helme to speak.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helle-Moonika Helme emphasizes that the priority in the 2025 budget must be security and national defense, criticizes the green transition as childish, and calls for an end to the climate war, focusing on the real war and taking into account the demands of the U.S. ally for investments in defense.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanked the audience.
Helle-Moonika Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Helle-Moonika Helme criticizes overpaid activists and, rhetorically, asks whether such a situation would leave money left over, rather than short of money.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann emphasizes that Estonia has been seriously engaged in national defense — our defense spending is second among NATO countries, after Poland and ahead of the United States — and praises Kaja Kallas's consolidation of allies for Ukraine's defense, while highlighting the potential of the activity-based budget, which she has supported and which could be improved further.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speech contains only a plea to invite Mart Helme to come on stage.
Mart Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Mart Helme accuses the government of failing in national defense and in budgetary reforms, and states that Estonia has fallen in three years to such an extent that it is comparable to the poorest African countries, although he refers to the situation in Finland and the Baltic states.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
This speech contained only words of thanks.
Mart Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The high-speed train connects Samarkand and Bukhara.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanked.
Mart Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
He remembers that he once moved around there in circles and saw how abandoned this land is.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanks Marti.
Mart Helme
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He accuses the government, saying that although there is a high-speed train, there isn’t even a four-lane road between Tartu and Tallinn, and everything is the result of their rule.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
They thank Marti and promise that more speeches will follow.
Mart Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
This is a question of whether real assessments of the matters will finally be made, or whether everything will continue to be blamed on EKRE.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
In the speech, gratitude is expressed to Mart.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They emphasize that EKRE is not to blame for everything, but that EKRE drove the dog out of the house, and now we are trying in the Finance Committee to make its fur shine.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Mart Maastik onto the stage.
Mart Maastik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Maastik said that Isamaa's seven-page, cover-bound alternative budget was a humorous comparison, but the current 700-page budget and its new version allow ministers to arbitrarily shift funds, and he proposed presenting a one-page budget listing the expenses the money goes to, and that from there on the ministers would decide.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann emphasizes that although the budget is prepared by the government and approved by the Riigikogu, one must follow the principle of separation of powers and subsidiarity, where important decisions are made at the appropriate level, and the Riigikogu should not be engaged in details, in order to maintain trust and cooperation.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu criticized the scale of the supplementary budget and the government's budget policy, and the adherence to facts; he compared them and asked in Parliament how much the purchasing power of pensioners and working people would decline as a result of this policy.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Urmas Reinsalu to come and speak.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann presents the summer economic forecast, in which wages rise by 5%, the consumer price index by 3%, thus income rises by about 2%, and social spending increases by 7.6% and pensions by about 5%.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
They emphasize that we have time.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann said that we are moving at a comfortable pace, and she has not mentioned a specific number nor can she locate it quickly, but it was probably in the summary of the summer economic forecast.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Since the speech text contains only "If now …", it is not possible to compile an exact summary.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann admits that it takes her too long to find it.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
In a plea addressed to the Finance Committee, it is asked what next year's inflation figure will be—whether 3% or 5%, in the context of the consumer price index.
Priit Sibul
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Priit Sibul asks whether increasing defense spending from 2% to 3% in 2022 and the projection for next year with 75 million in additional funds will actually bring additional capabilities, because the money has already nearly been spent, and he wants clarity whether these funds are intended for exactly those capabilities.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann noted that the talk of collecting a security tax points to about 70 million for the next year and about 700 million thereafter, the national defense tax will take effect from mid-year, and defense spending in the Ministry of Defence's budget is clearly above 3%, but she does not yet dare to say it off the top of her head.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Mart Maastik to perform.
Mart Maastik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Maastik pointed out that the discussion about the activity-based and cost-based budget shows that the current activity-based budget does not meet expectations and is confusing, and asked whether, while in opposition, it would be sensible to support it or revert to the cost-based form.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann emphasized that for next year defense spending will be 3.3% of GDP, and Ukraine will receive support amounting to 0.25% of GDP, and it is important to move toward activity-based and results-based budgeting, where costs are linked to actual activity and results, and the Riigikogu focuses on strategic issues rather than on individual line items.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi announced that there are no more questions, that two questions may be asked, but this is not the place for rebuttals, and he asked Annely to stay for a moment and listen to Urmas Reinsalu's question to the chair.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu emphasized that the parliament's task is to make strategic choices, but the current budget may negatively affect people's purchasing power, and he asked how much it would drop among pensioners and working people, and on what assumptions, including the inflation forecast, these calculations were made.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
He said that he found this table.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu stressed that the budget should be evaluated on the basis of net purchasing power and take into account the impact of tax increases and indirect taxes, asking how much it worsens for working people and pensioners in light of Eurostat data for 2023 and the government's 3% inflation forecast, and, if necessary, providing an objective impact assessment for two specific baseline groups with the help of a Finance Committee adviser, so as not to make political choices without clarity and measurable data.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
He thanks a colleague and notes that the chair of the meeting does not have the power to correct the questioners and the respondents, and if Annely is ready to comment, he is happy to give her the floor.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann said that she will not comment on the Eurostat study, and that is not the topic of her session, but she found the Ministry of Finance's table "Impact of Budgetary Measures on Economic Development" for the coming year with forecasts (GDP at current prices 41.6 billion, real growth 2.1%, nominal growth 6.2%, consumer price index 5.0%, real growth of domestic demand 1%, real growth of exports 3.4%, and nominal wage growth 4.3%), and asked the listeners to select data from here and process them at their own discretion.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanks Annely, noting that Urmas Reinsalu is speaking at length in the hall in a loud voice, and that this also concerns the Estonian people.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They said that social costs are growing faster than the overall budget expenditures, wage growth is also increasing, Euribor is falling, and households' ability to make ends meet depends on various components.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi thanked Annely and Urmas Reinsalu and said that the important figure had been corrected to the correct value (5%), and the clarification addressed the proposal.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu stressed that the Finance Committee chair’s statements are misleading, because Euribor is not taken into account when calculating inflation, and the rise in Euribor (whether it is 2% or 4%) must be added to price increases due to the loan repayment burden, and this affects about 120,000 households.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi thanks his colleagues, opens negotiations, and asks that Lauri Laats take the floor.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats pointed out that there will be significant economic uncertainty next year, because there is no clear long-term vision and roadmap, and the budget figures and tax policy are unclear, especially considering the impact of the U.S. president's January election.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, asked that the speech be extended by three more minutes.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats claims that Estonia has reached a dead end and the budget is Excel-based, while Latvia and Lithuania have grown their economies and taxed banks' profits, therefore Estonia should follow this model—tax the profits of banks and not raise the consumption tax—to fund security and help people and businesses, because the current plan offers neither a future nor a development strategy.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speaker thanks and asks Vadim Belobrovtsev.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Belobrovtsev claims that the budget is not only inadequately transparent in form but also unreasonable in substance, and does not improve the lives of the Estonian people, but increases taxes, excises and state fees against the backdrop of inflation, especially affecting families, pensioners and people with disabilities, while ignoring criticisms from the National Audit Office, and the coalition continues in the same spirit.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi announced that three more minutes would be added.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
According to Vadim Belobrovtsev, Estonia's economic policy is driving the country into a deep gridlock: teachers' salaries will not rise, the career model was a bluff, the opposition submitted 16 substantial amendments, but the coalition did not support them, and therefore we do not support the budget and we recommend suspending the second reading of the state budget.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speech is simply a plea directed at Rain Epler.
Rain Epler
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Rain Epler criticizes the actions of the 2021 government, due to which the cost of living and real wage growth are predominantly out of step, and he opposes the state's budget and PR expenditures as well as the planned fees for doctor's visits for pregnant women and for two-year-old children.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Deputy Chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanks and invites Arvo Alleri to take the floor.
Arvo Aller
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The main point of the speech is to ask for three more minutes.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks for eight minutes.
Arvo Aller
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This budget is a tax-increase budget that raises income tax and value-added tax and adds a motor vehicle tax, restricts the mobility and accessibility of services in rural areas, and reveals the government’s regional indifference and hypocrisy, which is why I cannot support this budget.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanks and asks Helir-Valdor Seeder.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
They ask, for the sake of saving time, to make a total of 16 minutes: five minutes twice and three minutes twice.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speaker recommended proceeding piece by piece, starting with 5 + 3, and asked whether it is factional on one side or which side is ahead, or whether there is no difference.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
He says that we both go on talking, and first of all, on my behalf.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder calls budget debates an absurdity, criticizes the activity-based budget that is assembled in three weeks, and the growing power of the Ministry of Finance, and stresses that the state budget should be based on laws and transparent deliberation, not on ministries’ plans, and tax-related questions must be resolved in an open discussion.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi interrupts the speech and asks whether anyone would object if Helir-Valdor Seeder must immediately continue speaking on behalf of the faction; theoretically he should re-register and go to the end of the queue, but if no one objects, the speech continues.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
He said that he would clarify on behalf of the Isamaa faction.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder delivered an eight-minute speech on behalf of the Isamaa faction.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder believes that a possible up to 100% increase in the land tax in 2026 undermines legal certainty, and that the lack of budget transparency and the uncertainty of financing for local governments require halting the second reading so that Isamaa can present its amendment proposals.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Next to speak will be Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart, and her speech will last eight minutes.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart claims that the government's budget and taxes deepen inequality and undermine the economy, because domestic demand and the government's investments in digital development are being pushed back, and therefore the Centre Party does not support the budget.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chair thanks and asks Jaanus Karilaid to take the floor.
Jaanus Karilaid
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Jaanus Karilaid claims that the budget has been cobbled together by three parties for Christmas, is incomprehensible and chaotic, and there is no political backbone, whose aim is not to solve health care, the problems of local governments and the economy, nor to strengthen Estonia's competitiveness, but to distribute power and posts.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
They want three more minutes.
Jaanus Karilaid
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Jaanus Karilaid said that health care, local governments and a sense of security cannot be solved without an overarching political program, and the budget will not solve today's problems, but is a tool for preserving power with beautiful slogans, which leaves gaps in defense and infrastructure, and the opposition must act so that those who lead the country, who irresponsibly forget the voters, can be punished.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi gives thanks, asks Andres Metsoja, and informs that eight minutes have been allocated for the discussion.
Andres Metsoja
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
The state budget is a very important document for Estonia, but its form has been broken into pieces and trust has been shattered; therefore there is a need for a clear vision, broad-based involvement, and an approach that adds value to the economic environment, so that the state can fund services and increase the competitiveness of enterprises.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi thanked, asked Martin Helmet and noted that there is talk in the hall, and gave him eight minutes.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Martin Helme claims that the Estonian parliament does not operate according to normal democracy, and EKRE stands up for the voters, rejects the claims that he brought the Paris climate agreement or introduced an activity-based budget, and states that the 2019 and 2020 budgets were balanced.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi asks for three more minutes.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Martin Helme claims that the state budget is tax-raising, poverty-deepening for the economy, and corrupt and opaque, and therefore at the first reading he proposes to reject it and halt the proceedings, because the government does not follow parliamentary oversight or fulfill its promises.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Toomas Kivimägi thanked and asked Maris Laurit to be ready to speak, noting that it is indeed Mart Maastiku's turn, but Mart is not currently present, and if Maris Lauri is ready, she will be heard with pleasure, but Maris Lauri asked for extra time and eight minutes have been allocated.
Maris Lauri
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Maris Lauri said that the budget reflects the coalition's common goals and is a compromise between different parties, focusing on security, economic growth, and support for the socially weaker, which could be described as a budget for creating a sense of security.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi begins his speech with a brief greeting: "Dear colleagues!"
Maris Lauri
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Maris Lauri said that the 2025 budget is the best possible under the current circumstances, because it adds resources for economic growth, raises pensions and does not make cuts in key sectors, and takes into account security and post-crisis expenditures, while emphasizing that amendment proposals must be submitted in accordance with the Constitution and the Budget Act, and that more attention should be paid to the content than to the form.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The purpose of the speech is simply to invite Mart Maastik onto the stage.
Mart Maastik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Mart Maastik criticizes that the state budget shows the government's incompetent leadership, tax increases kill entrepreneurship, and in the future the number of taxpayers will keep shrinking, and he calls on the state to tighten its belt, cut spending, and stimulate the economy, emphasizing the importance of energy prices and security.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller asked for three more minutes.
Mart Maastik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Maastik believes that renewable energy, for example offshore wind farms, and the construction of ultra-expensive power lines required for them will make electricity very expensive and ruin Estonia's competitiveness, and therefore it does not support this budget.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller asks Varro Vooglaid to take the floor.
Varro Vooglaid
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vooglaid says that there is little point for the opposition in talking much, because the parliament has been silenced, criticizes the Reform Party’s rhetoric about putting finances in order, and, in light of State Auditor Holm’s speech, emphasizes that the opacity of the state budget creates problems and that a serious effort must be made so that next year the State Auditor does not have to make the same criticisms again.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller asks Jaak Aab whether he has authorization and whether that authorization represents the Social Democratic Party faction.
AI Summary
Jaak Aab highlighted that the 2025 state budget is substantial and focuses on broad-based strengthening of national defense and civil protection, on stimulating the economy based on experts' recommendations and coalition agreements, on investments outside Tallinn, Harju County, and the Tartu metropolitan area, and on increasing research and development activities, and 25 million euros will be allocated from CO2 quota funds for environmentally friendly ship refurbishments, which will create jobs and strengthen the maritime sector.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller asks to add three more minutes.
AI Summary
Jaak Aab confirmed that Rail Baltica construction will continue at an accelerating pace and will receive over 200 million euros in additional funding, with which the main-track construction will be covered, jobs will be created in the construction sector and energy-saving projects and regional development measures will be implemented, including the reconstruction of apartment buildings, an 185-million-euro tranche, and in the next period 80–90 million euros per year, and with the assistance of CO2 trading and EU funds investments from 2024–2028 in the energy efficiency of local government buildings and the construction of new near-zero-energy buildings will amount to about 300 million euros; the Social Democratic faction supported the state budget for the coming year.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller gave Tõnis Lukas the opportunity to deliver a speech and added three minutes to his time.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Tõnis Lukas criticizes the government's failure to keep its promises regarding teachers' salaries and presents Isamaa's proposal for the coming year: a 5% raise in teachers' salaries, the distribution of funds between general and vocational education and cultural workers, and, to mark 500 years of Estonian-language printing, allocating 450,000 euros to literature and 180,000 euros to the literature museum, using the state reserve as a funding source and emphasizing areas for savings in administrative costs.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
This is a brief call to action: now is your time and you must act.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Tõnis Lukas stresses that support for culture must not be something to be ashamed of, and during the leadership of this government coalition there must be no shame.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller addresses Kalle Grünthal with a request.
Kalle Grünthal
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
They ask for three minutes in advance.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller asked for three more minutes.
Kalle Grünthal
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Grünthal warns that the coalition's budget policy is devastating for Estonia and threatens people's incomes and property, and calls on unions and especially railway workers to stage a general strike, i.e., a work stoppage (lockout), to force the government to change its tax policy and heed the will of the people.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller gave three extra minutes to Priit Sibul.
Priit Sibul
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Priit Sibul emphasizes that form is content, citing the funding of the Võru and Põlva shooting ranges, and criticizes the coalition's defense spending cuts and its two-faced rhetoric, calling on the country to take real steps in the name of national defense.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller called on Aivar Kokk to speak, and Kokk asked for three more minutes.
Aivar Kokk
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
The briefing accuses the coalition that their state budget does not instill confidence, but takes less from the vulnerable — pensioners, single parents and child benefits — and promises in 2026 an income tax exemption for high earners, while at the same time continuing to carry out opaque cuts and hidden expenditures.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller emphasizes that now is your time and action must be taken.
Aivar Kokk
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Aivar Kokk stressed that a wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a fool from his own mistakes, and noted that one does not learn from the mistakes made in this situation.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller asks Mart Helme about his response speech and notes that his name was not heard, but the faction was mentioned.
Mart Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Mart Helme stated in a speech that the current coalition has catastrophically driven Estonia into a miserable state, where wolves are tearing through the yards of homes and bears are gathering at the doorstep, and the budget makes this even worse, accusing the coalition's MPs and ministers who do not understand it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman thanked and invited Urmas Reinsalu to speak, and gave him three extra minutes.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Isamaa submitted an alternative budget, which calls for easing inflation and avoiding tax increases, for ensuring the sustainability of public finances, for a moratorium on bureaucracy, and for directing euro funds to stimulate the economy, together with a 1.6 billion increase in Defence Forces investments, and there is criticism of the government’s failure to keep promises and a call to halt the second reading.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The message is that your time has come.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu urged people to show strength and courage in the coming hour and to participate in the vote on amendment proposals.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The speech centers on Leo Kunnas's calling.
Leo Kunnas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Leo Kunnas claims that the budget reflects the quality of leadership, and at the moment that quality is poor; he criticizes the structure of the defense budget and the form of aid to Ukraine, and emphasizes that a realistic assessment must be made and that a long-term, stable energy-system plan should be drawn up.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The main point of the speech is a plea to obtain three extra minutes.
Leo Kunnas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Leo Kunnas stresses that Estonia needs a high-performance energy grid and funding for it, that the importance of expanding Rail Baltica and the European railway network should be emphasized, as well as improving demographics and the importance of budget discipline, because without these the problems will deepen over the years and the options for remedy will dissipate.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
He called on the listeners to act and take responsibility, saying that it was their time.
Leo Kunnas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Leo Kunnas finishes his speech, saying, "That's all," and thanks the audience.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The session led by Arvo Alleri declares the negotiations over and begins reviewing 54 amendment proposals, most of which have been recommended to be left unconsidered.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder asks that a vote be taken on this amendment proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chair Arvo Aller begins preparing for the vote and presents Jaanus Karilaid's fifth amendment proposal, regarding which the steering committee believes should be disregarded, and invites them to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Sixteen members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the proposal; 55 were against, and there were no abstentions; the proposal did not receive support; next, the sixth amendment proposal, the Finance Committee's leading proposal to "take fully into account," which Urmas Reinsalu submitted to the chair of the meeting, will be considered.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu accused the coalition's finance committee majority of hypocrisy, arguing that although Jaanus's proposal had created a good precedent and a proposal with the same funding source was adopted, Parliament was not allowed to consider the alternative budget bill.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chair Arvo Aller announced that this is the Finance Committee's decision and the Steering Committee's opinion, and we moved on to the seventh amendment proposal.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
They ask to vote in favor of this amendment proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chair Arvo Aller chairs the vote on the sixth amendment proposal submitted by the Finance Committee, and the lead committee's proposal is to take it fully into account.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 54 votes in favor, 20 against, and there were no abstentions; the seventh amendment proposal was submitted by Andres Metsoja, and the steering committee recommends that it be disregarded; Helir-Valdor Seeder, please!
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
He thanks you and asks you to vote for Andres Metsoja's best proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller informed that the seventh amendment proposal would be put to a vote (submitted by Andres Metsoja), and that the lead committee's proposal is to disregard it, and he asked to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 17 votes in favour and 57 against, therefore it did not gain support, and we move on to the eighth amendment proposal, which was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the lead committee's proposal is to leave it unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats suggested taking a ten-minute pause before the vote to discuss the topic of a salary increase for teachers.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller announced a ten-minute recess for the Centre Party faction.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The deputy speaker Arvo Aller announces that the recess has ended, and puts to a vote the Estonian Centre Party faction’s eighth amendment proposal, about which the steering committee recommended disregarding, and you are asked to take a stance and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The Riigikogu's voting result was 18 in favor, 55 against and 1 abstention, and the proposal did not receive support, so we move on; the ninth amendment proposal was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction together with the steering committee, and it was asked to leave it unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats emphasizes that the topic concerns the maintenance and funding of local government roads, and therefore asks that the amendment proposal be put to a vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The deputy chairman, Arvo Aller, prepares a vote, presents the Estonian Centre Party faction's ninth amendment proposal, and announces that the steering committee recommends leaving it unconsidered, urging everyone to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Nineteen Riigikogu members supported the proposal, 55 were opposed and 0 abstained, therefore it did not receive support; the tenth amendment proposal was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the steering committee decided to disregard it.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The proposal concerns children, especially the school lunch and its quality, and the funding allocated to improve that quality, and the Estonian Centre Party faction wishes to vote on it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Preparations for the vote are under way, and the tenth amendment proposal submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction will be put to a vote; the steering committee decides to disregard it, and you are asked to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 19 votes in favour, 56 against and 0 abstentions and did not receive support, and the 11th amendment proposal is from the Estonian Centre Party faction and the steering committee recommends that it be disregarded.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats stressed that our faction is submitting a very important amendment proposal to raise the subsistence allowance rate to 250 euros and would like it to be put to a vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Under the chairmanship of Arvo Alleri, the vice-chairman announces that a vote will be taken and presents the 11th amendment proposal by the Estonian Centre Party faction, for which the steering committee wishes it to be disregarded, requesting to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal did not gain support (11 in favor, 56 against, 1 abstention), and the 12th amendment proposal by the Centre Party faction, the 13th amendment proposal by the EKRE faction, and the 14th amendment proposal submitted by Rain Epler and Kert Kingo were left unconsidered by the steering committee's decision.
Rain Epler
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Rain Epler thanks and points out that the amendment proposals prepared together with Kerd were actually deemed good by the chair of the Finance Committee and may be taken into account in the future, and he checks with that vote whether that future is already here.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller brought Rain Epler and Kert Kingo's 14th amendment proposal to a vote, and the steering committee decided to disregard it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 21 votes in favor, 56 against, and 0 abstentions, and did not gain support; the 15th amendment proposal was submitted by Anti Poolamets, the 16th amendment proposal was submitted by Tõnis Lukas, and the steering committee decided to leave them unconsidered.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Tõnis Lukas asked the chair to put to a vote an amendment proposal, by which funds would be directed to the emergency funding of the Estonian Book Year.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller proposed to put to a vote the 16th amendment proposal submitted by Tõnis Lukas, noting that the Steering Committee recommended that it be disregarded, and urged everyone to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 20 affirmative votes and 54 negative votes and did not gain support; the 17th amendment proposal was submitted by Rain Epler and Kert Kingo, the steering committee recommended that it be disregarded; the 18th amendment proposal was submitted by Arvo Aller, the steering committee also recommended disregarding it; the 19th amendment proposal was submitted by the EKRE faction, the steering committee also recommended disregarding it — Martin Helme, please!
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They thank you and ask you to vote, saying that there is no need for invitations.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Speaker Arvo Aller put the EKRE faction's 19th amendment proposal to a vote, and the lead committee recommended that it be disregarded.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 18 votes in favor, 57 against, and 0 abstentions, and did not receive support; amendments 20–23 were submitted by different factions, but the lead committee decided to disregard them.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats said that the continuation and funding of the Rohuküla railway project is a topical issue, and he wants to vote in favour of it, but he knows that there are members of the Riigikogu who support it, but their votes are not certain, and he asked for a ten-minute break to conduct negotiations.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The speech announces a ten-minute break.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller put the Estonian Centre Party faction's 23rd amendment proposal to a vote, but the leading committee recommended disregarding it and asked to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The Riigikogu voted: 19 in favour, 59 against, 0 abstentions; therefore the proposal did not gain support, and the 24th amendment proposal was submitted by Jaanus Karilaid, and the lead committee wishes to leave it unconsidered.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
They thank you and ask you to vote in favor of this amendment proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chair Arvo Aller calls for a vote on Jaanus Karilaid's 24th amendment proposal, but the steering committee wishes to disregard it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The Riigikogu decided that the proposal received 19 votes in favour, 58 against and 0 abstentions, and therefore did not gain support, and the 25th amendment proposal, submitted by Andres Metsoja, the leading committee, was recommended to be left out of consideration.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder thanks you and asks you to vote for this amendment proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller put the 25th amendment proposal, submitted by Andres Metsoja, to a vote, but the steering committee recommended leaving it unconsidered, and asked to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-chairman Arvo Aller announced that the proposal received 21 votes in favor, 59 against and 0 abstentions and did not gain support; the 26th amendment proposal (Evelin Poolamets) and the 27th amendment proposal (Tõnis Lukas) were left unconsidered, and Tõnis Lukas asked: "the next one, or what?"
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
They are inviting you to vote for this proposal, because it is very important to celebrate the Estonian Book Year.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-chairman Arvo Aller announced that Tõnis Lukase's 27th amendment proposal would be put to a vote, and the steering committee recommended that it be left unconsidered, asking to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 19 votes in favor, 57 against and 0 abstentions, therefore it did not gain support; the 28th amendment proposal was submitted by the EKRE faction, and the steering committee wishes to disregard it.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They thank you and ask you to vote for it, and promise to vote right away.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller proposed bringing the EKRE faction's 28th amendment proposal to a vote, and the steering committee recommended that it be left out of consideration; a position was requested to be taken and a vote to be held.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 16 votes in favor, 58 against, 0 abstentions, and therefore did not receive support; amendments 29, 30 and 31 were left unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats said that the Centre Party's amendment proposal concerns the erection of a War of Independence memorial on Hiiumaa, stressed that Hiiumaa is the only county in Estonia where this memorial does not exist yet, and urged everyone to support it, pointing to the Social Democrats' unfulfilled promises and asking for a five-minute pause before the vote to hold negotiations.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller discussed whether to take a pause or a recess, and a five-minute recess was scheduled.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chair Arvo Aller ended the Centre Party faction's requested recess and put the 31st amendment proposal to a vote, which the lead committee recommended be left unconsidered.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal did not receive support; 17 voted in favor, 56 against, and 0 abstentions, and the 32nd amendment proposal, submitted by the EKRE faction, was left unconsidered.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Martin Helme urged people to vote for a very important ideological proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller announces that the EKRE faction's 32nd amendment proposal will be put to a vote, notes the leadership committee's recommendation to disregard it, and calls on members to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 14 in favour, 56 against and 1 abstention, therefore it did not receive support; afterwards the 33rd and 34th amendment proposals were disregarded, Varro Vooglaid, please!
Varro Vooglaid
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
They stressed that there is a clear possibility to avoid spending three million euros on something completely pointless, and asked people to vote against the proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chair Arvo Aller puts the 34th amendment proposal to a vote, which was submitted by Varro Vooglaid, and the steering committee recommends that it be disregarded.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 16 votes in favor, 59 against and 0 abstentions; the 35th, 36th and 37th amendment proposals were left unconsidered, and Lauri Laats, please.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats emphasized that public transport is important, especially at the county level, and could be completely free, and the Centre Party has submitted the corresponding amendment proposal, asking for a vote in its favor.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Chairman Arvo Aller called the Estonian Centre Party faction to vote on the 37th amendment proposal, which the steering committee had recommended be disregarded, and asked to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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In the Riigikogu, the proposal received 15 votes in favor and 59 against, therefore it did not gain support; the 38th amendment proposal was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the steering committee recommended that it be disregarded.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats stressed that for people living on the island it is unfair that, in order to get home, island residents must buy a ferry ticket, and he asked people to vote in favor of this amendment proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller proposed to put to a vote the 38th amendment proposal submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, but the steering committee recommended disregarding it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 12 votes in favour, 56 against and 0 abstentions, and did not receive support; amendments 39–42 were left unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They explain that the proposed amendment concerns the salaries of police officers and firefighters, and ask the Riigikogu to vote in favor of it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller called for a vote and presented the 42nd amendment proposal, which had been submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the lead committee decided to disregard it; he asked to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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In the Riigikogu, 17 voted in favour of the proposal, 58 against, 0 abstentions, and it did not gain support; the 43rd amendment proposal submitted by the EKRE faction, the steering committee: to leave it unconsidered.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They thanked and asked people to vote in favor of this proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Speaker Arvo Aller called the EKRE faction's 43rd amendment proposal to a vote and noted that the lead committee had recommended that it be disregarded.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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In the Riigikogu vote, the proposal received 19 votes for, 58 against and 0 abstentions, and it did not gain support; the 44th and 45th amendment proposals from the EKRE faction were disregarded, and Martin Helme asked to speak.
Martin Helme
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Martin Helme asks people to vote to withdraw three million euros from LGBT+ funding.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Speaker Arvo Aller proposed going to a vote and submitted the EKRE faction's 45th amendment proposal; the steering committee recommended disregarding it, and he urged everyone to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Riigikogu voted 19 in favour, 56 against, and 0 abstentions; the proposal did not gain support, and the 46th, 47th and 48th amendment proposals were left unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats said that the proposed amendment concerns elderly people who live alone, i.e., pensioners, and increasing their benefit rates, and he asked people to vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Speaker Arvo Aller put the 48th amendment proposal to a vote, which was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction; the steering committee recommended disregarding it and asked to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal did not receive support in the Riigikogu (19 in favour, 58 against, 0 abstentions); the 49th amendment proposal was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the lead committee wishes it to be left unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Our proposal concerns child benefits and we ask you to vote for it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman, Arvo Aller, called the 49th amendment proposal to a vote, which was submitted by the leadership committee of the Estonian Centre Party faction, and asked that it be disregarded.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 16 votes in favour, 58 against and 0 abstentions, and therefore did not gain support; the 50th amendment proposal was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the steering committee decided to disregard it.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
I think this would be very good news for Tallinn residents if the city authorities continued the Centre Party's initiative and, in the future, the Tallinn Hospital would be built, but that requires funds for design; next year five million euros will be spent on design, and I want to vote in favor of this proposal.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller put the Estonian Centre Party faction's 50th amendment proposal to a vote; the steering committee recommended that it be left unconsidered and asked to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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There were 17 Riigikogu members in favor of the amendment proposal, 58 against and 0 abstentions, therefore the proposal did not receive support; Amendment 51 has been submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction and the steering committee wishes to disregard it, Lauri Laats, please!
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The Estonian Centre Party faction's proposal concerns doubling the benefits for disabled people and asks to vote in favour of it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Speaker Arvo Aller proposed bringing Amendment 51 to a vote, which was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and noted that the lead committee recommends disregarding it, asking everyone to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 13 votes in favour, 57 against and 0 abstentions, therefore it did not gain support; Amendment No. 52 was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, and the leading committee recommended that it be left unconsidered.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats highlighted a current topic—the shortening of treatment waiting lists with additional funding—and asked to vote in favor of it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller proposed bringing the Centre Party faction's 52nd amendment proposal to a vote, but the steering committee recommended leaving it unconsidered, and he asked to take a stand and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal received 15 in favour, 58 against and 0 abstentions and did not gain support; the penultimate amendment proposal No. 53, submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction, the Steering Committee: to disregard it.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats said that the quality and availability of children's dental care are problems, and money should be directed toward solving them, and he hopes for doctors' support in the vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Chair Arvo Aller calls for a vote and presents the 53rd amendment proposal, which was submitted by the Estonian Centre Party faction; the lead committee wishes to disregard it and asks that a position be taken and a vote be cast.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The Riigikogu voted 15 in favour, 58 against and 0 abstentions; the proposal did not gain support, and the latest amendment proposal No. 54, submitted by Rain Epler and Kert Kingo's steering committee, was not taken into account.
Rain Epler
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
The future is now considerably closer and has become the present; we will try again and hope that the coalition will listen to the chair of the Finance Committee and vote in its favor.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller proposed bringing to a vote the 54th amendment proposal submitted by Rain Epler and Kert Kingo, but the steering committee recommended disregarding it and asked to take a position and vote.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Twenty members of the Riigikogu voted in favor of the proposal, 58 against, 0 abstentions; three factions (EKRE, Isamaa and the Estonian Centre Party) want to suspend the second reading of Draft Bill No. 513 on the 2025 state budget, and we must vote on it immediately.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats asked to take a ten-minute break before an important vote and said that the others hadn't noticed that he already had [sõnasoov] inside him.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chairman Arvo Aller announces that there will be a ten-minute break.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-Speaker Arvo Aller put to a vote the proposal of the Estonian Centre Party faction, the Isamaa faction, and the Conservative People's Party of Estonia faction to suspend the second reading of the 2025 state budget bill no. 513.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The proposal did not receive support: 21 members of the Riigikogu voted in favor, 59 against, and 0 abstentions; the second reading has been completed, and the deadline for submitting amendment proposals is November 28 at 17:15.